Glory all the way

Chapter 21
Entering the palace again on the second day, the Sixth Princess' attitude towards Bai Yingluo became a bit more gentle and kind. I don't know if it was because of Bai Yingluo's resignation yesterday that the Sixth Princess accepted her love, or if she had lost the interest in making things difficult for her.

The etiquette class at noon was over, and after leaving the Xinlan Pavilion, the sixth princess turned around, looked at Bai Yingluo who was silently following behind her, and said softly, "Now, your etiquette has caught up with our progress. , there is no need to go to Yunrou Hall to practice diligently every day, Miss Bai can go back to the house and rest."

With a startled expression, Bai Yingluo seemed to be in disbelief.

But looking up, the sixth princess has turned around and left with Shi Shiran, the maidservant.

Bai Yingluo breathed a sigh of relief, and walked slowly towards the wing where she rested every day. After walking a few steps, a girl's soft voice came from behind her.

Turning around, it was Sun Yantong.

"Sister Sun..."

Smiling, Bai Yingluo took her hand affectionately.

"Why, did Princess Six let you go today?"

Looking around, Sun Yantong lowered her voice and asked.

Pursing her lips and smiling, Bai Yingluo nodded, "Maybe it's making things difficult for me every day, so it's meaningless."

"It's still early, go sit in my room for a while, okay?"

Sun Yantong invited.

At this time, it's time to pass, and it's still early for lunch, and because they are not from the palace, the girls dare not run around in the palace when they are resting, so it is easy to get together and talk. Became the only pleasure to pass the time.

The two went back to Sun Yantong's room hand in hand. Bai Yingluo turned her head to look at it. The layout of the room was similar to the room she lived in, and even the furnishings were the same. The other people who came here also looked like this.

"Every day when the carriage in the palace went to pick me up, they always picked up Sister Sun and Miss Dou first. I thought my sister and Miss Dou were on good terms."

After taking a sip of the tea from the maidservant, Bai Yingluo said.

She curled her lips in disdain, and Sun Yantong waved her hand to signal the servants in the room to back down, Fang whispered: "I don't want to deal with such people, the nostrils seem to grow on the forehead, no one will notice , Hmph, what a big deal."

In words, I don't like Dou Xiuqiao.

Bai Yingluo has never talked about other people's rights and wrongs behind their backs. Now that Sun Yantong said this, she was not easy to explain, so she just echoed: "Miss Dou came from a scholarly family, and it is natural for her to be cooler. Just go."

Nodding in response, Sun Yantong seemed to remember something, and sighed with some melancholy: "It's embroidery class again this afternoon, I really don't know how to deal with it this time."

Mrs. Skillful Hands is strict, and the comments in the embroidery class are always more derogatory than positive. Even Ms. Dou, who is proud of her outstanding embroidery skills, did not do well in the previous class. Instead, she was reprimanded by Mrs. Skillful Hands The things embroidered by impetuousness are also a little more impetuous and less aura.

Dou Xiuqiao's eyes were red at that time, but she tried her best not to shed tears.

And Mrs. Skillful Hands also has a habit of leaving a question at the end of each class, so that the girls will go down and think about it. The next class will have to take a school test, and her questions are always somewhat specious, which makes people completely unexpected. When it comes to embroidery, the young ladies often think hard, only to feel that they have lost a few more strands of hair.

"White hair floats in green water, anthurium dials clear waves..."

Muttering about the lesson assigned by Mrs. Skillful Hands, Bai Yingluo also felt that she had no clue at all. Thinking about the upcoming embroidery class, the two of them immediately became frowning.

After talking and joking for a while, Bai Yingluo stood up and prepared to say goodbye. Considering that the six young ladies who entered the palace, their respective meals were delivered to their respective rooms by the imperial dining room, and there was no way to adjust them, so Sun Yantong did not keep Bai Yingluo any more.

After returning to the house, after lunch, until lying on the bed, Bai Yingluo was still thinking about the subject of the skillful lady in her mind.

In a daze, Bai Yingluo fell asleep, and when she woke up, she was told that the embroidery class in the afternoon was cancelled.

"Next month will be the birthday of Concubine Lan of Chuxiu Pavilion. Mrs. Qiaoshou was invited by the maid of Chu Xiuge to draw a new dress for Concubine Lan's birthday, so today's class is cancelled."

The little palace maid replied softly.

It was a rare opportunity to skip class, Bai Yingluo's face showed a bit of joy, and she was about to pack up her things and leave the palace to go back to the palace, when the little palace maid continued: "The other young ladies have heard the news and have already left the palace. The palaces have gone back to their residences, but the sixth princess has an order, please Miss Bai stay."

With a sinking heart, Bai Yingluo nodded helplessly, got up, washed and dressed, and went out to Yunrou Palace.

"Miss Bai, it's rare to be able to return home earlier, but I delayed it. You won't blame me, will you?"

When Bai Yingluo bent over to salute, the Sixth Princess asked softly.

Bai Yingluo shook her head, "Princess Six is ​​worrying too much. Going back to the mansion is to read a book and go shopping in the garden, or to talk with grandma and her elders. There is nothing important."

"That's good."

The sixth princess cried out with a smile, stood up and said to Bai Yingluo: "It's rare to be so leisurely, let's go for a walk in the garden."

The two left the Yunrou Palace one after the other, and immediately, a servant girl covered the head of the sixth princess with an umbrella, and Bai Yingluo, who was a few steps behind and followed the sixth princess, suffered a little.

The sixth princess was very interested. She walked around the imperial garden twice and commented on all the blooming flowers. She saw that there was a layer of sweat on her forehead, and her temple hair was sticking to her cheeks in a mess. Bai Yingluo, who looked a bit embarrassed, was about to let her go just now, "Let's go, go and sit in the gazebo above."

Climbing to the pavilion on the rockery, the sixth princess and Bai Yingluo were both out of breath, and there were maids in the pavilion who had prepared handkerchiefs and chilled cold bowls for a long time.

Pink peaches, white pears, green cucumbers, all kinds of fruits are cut into thumb-sized cubes, which are particularly attractive against the clear soup.

The Sixth Princess did not make things difficult this time, she waved her hand and asked the palace maid to pass a bowl to Bai Yingluo, and she herself took a bowl and ate it herself.

After eating an ice bowl, the heat just subsided immediately, Bai Yingluo secretly let out a long sigh of comfort, and then saw that the maidservants in the gazebo were dismissed by the sixth princess, and suddenly became a little nervous again.

"Yesterday, how many chess pieces did you lose?"

After a long silence, the sixth princess spoke again, but she asked about the game of chess that Bai Yingluo was left by Master Mo Zhe yesterday.

"Master Mo Zhe's chess skills are superb, and Yingluo's moves are really unsightly. They were defeated, so they didn't count."

After telling a little lie, Bai Yingluo lightly concealed what happened the day before.

On the side, the sixth princess nodded in satisfaction, and muttered to herself, "I think your chess skills are not as good as Dou Xiuqiao."

In that case, it would be difficult for Bai Yingluo to answer, she lowered her head, Bai Yingluo remained silent, waiting for the sixth princess to continue asking questions.

It was the hottest time in the afternoon, and on the tree outside the gazebo, the cicadas were clamoring loudly, which made people more and more disturbed. When the sixth princess looked up, she saw Bai Yingluo standing blankly by the porch pillar, and the sun was shining through the eaves of the porch. It just happened to shine on her body, making her cheeks blush even more.

Because of this, Bai Yingluo, whose cheeks were covered with sweat, looked even more embarrassed in the golden halo.

Thinking that the other party was two years younger than herself, the sixth princess suddenly couldn't bear it.

"You and them are different."

I don't know whether to say it to Bai Yingluo or to herself, the sixth princess muttered, but turned her head to look at the rockery outside the pavilion, Bai Yingluo followed her gaze, saw that there was nothing unusual, and then Turning her head, the next moment, the sixth princess's deep voice came from her ear, "You, come and sit down."

After hesitating for a while, seeing the sixth princess looking at her with burning eyes, Bai Yingluo was sure that the words just now were not her hallucinations, so she walked to the stone table and sat down.

"The queen mother said that both your father and mother have passed away, so do you still remember their appearance?"

Looking at Bai Yingluo cautiously, the sixth princess asked softly.

The movement of wiping the sweat with the handkerchief froze, Bai Yingluo shook her head slowly, "When my father passed away, Yingluo was not born yet. I went there right after my mother gave birth, so I don't know about them. What do they look like. However, I have seen their portraits twice, the father is very... very handsome, the mother is very soft and beautiful, and I have no impression of the rest."

Shocked, the sixth princess looked at Bai Yingluo with her eyes wide open, and wanted to say something, her lips muttered for a long time, but she didn't say anything in the end.

For a while, the pavilion fell into silence again, only the surrounding noise remained.

"Today is my mother's birthday..."

After a long while, the abrupt voice of the sixth princess sounded in the pavilion, "But no one remembers her, even the emperor has forgotten her. People in the palace seem to regard me as the child of the queen mother, hehe, I don't know if this is my luck or misfortune..."

After being stunned for a moment, Bai Yingluo realized that the "mother" that the sixth princess referred to was noble Xi who died young.

"Princess……"

Thinking about comforting words in her mind, Bai Yingluo raised her eyes and looked at her and said, "The old man often said that the hearts of the parents in the world are pitiful, and that Empress Xi has a spirit in the sky. Now that she has a good home, she must be happy, so the princess must be happy, otherwise, even if Empress Xi sees it in the sky, she will feel uneasy."

The sixth princess agreed with Bai Yingluo's words, and the sixth princess nodded, but the joy on her face was fleeting, and was replaced by a touch of sadness, "But, except for me, no one remembers mother, I am so unwilling..."

I don't know why the sixth princess has such emotion, but Bai Yingluo doesn't know how to comfort her for a while.

"Forget it, I'm crazy today, and I told you all these things, just listen to it, if you tell others, I..."

After being silent for a while, the sixth princess instantly returned to her cold and savage appearance a few days ago.

Standing up and glaring at Bai Yingluo, the sixth princess turned around and walked out, but Bai Yingluo could clearly see that her ears were already red, thinking about it, she had never said such a thing to anyone.

"Princess, don't worry. Yingluo will never mention the words just now to anyone other than the princess."

Said softly, Bai Yingluo leaned over to salute the sixth princess, a faint smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

(End of this chapter)